When I run DOS program under W98/DOS7 they look like they have been flattened, like a wide screen movie viewed on a regular screen. Is there any way to fix this? Mode command? - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist ...

I've decided to go from windows xp back to windows 98. I reformated, and repartitioned for FAT32 and am running the setup. But when i run the scan it says "windows setup requires 734" what does that mean and how can i fix it?

I'm trying to sort out a problem for a friend. They have a mature installation of W98se on a laptop which works well except that suddenly about 10 days ago it started acting slightly oddly. Various things work when approached one way, but not another eg a Word document will open from within Word,...

I'm having a problem with an IBM ThinkPad that won't boot into WIN 98. I wanted to perform a rebuild, but the system has documents that need to be copied. Here's what's happening, the system boots and the Windows screen appears, and it hangs at that point. I can boot into safe mode, however the...

I tried to install Roxio EasyCD but it fails with a message "not supported on Win98 Gold". My laptop was purchased as W98 SE and I have the OEM W98SE CD, but if I run the CD setup it tells me I have a previous version of W98 that can't be upgraded, by the CD it came with! How do I persuade W98SE...

Hi, I am at my wits end. My friend's old Celeron PC stopped working the other week while her daughter was on the internet and she has some valuavble files, not backed up of course. At first it would just stop at the initial logo and beep continuosly, even when trying safe mode. After a few...

Hi, I have an HP Pavillon 4450 which came with W98 and a 6GB HD. Over the years, I upgraded to ME then to XP and upgraded my CD to a CD/DVD drive and added a 60 GB HD. Everything worked fine until last week when we had a power failure (I leave the computer on all the time). To keep it short,...

I've just built a computer for my grandson using a good MB (MSI K8N Neo V2.0). Everything is fine apart from the USB Ports. They are shown as OK in Device Manager and I have successfully loaded the drivers from the drivers CD which came with the MB. However there is no re-action when use of either...

I never know whether this established configuration will boot first time or not. Often it takes 3/4 attempts, but always gets there eventually without any changes being made. I remember some years ago that I had some problems and they were resolved by disabling fast shutdown and I wondered if this...

When I bought my HP desktop, Windows 98SE was pre- installed. I am now trying to install a USB to Ethernet adaptor, and the install software keeps asking me to load the Windows98SE CD for it to pick up a load of .dll and other files. Since I never had this CD, does anyone have any ideas where I...

I'm having difficulty discerning priority of installation order for MS recently released updates: MDAC 2.8sp1 JET 4. VB6sp6 runtime Once MDAC is installed for W98se is it necessary to install the other two to add their functionality or are they included in the MDAC?

Gateway Neo recovery disks used to re-install W98SE. No problems with setup. When it gets to the password window after the instal I have no mouse or keybd control. It will boot in Safe Mode OK. Keybd and mouse control all OK. So if I can have help in bypassing the Passwd window or some other fix,...

Any advice for this problem. My trusty W98se install is noticably slower with 500 Mb of memory installed as 2-256 Mb sticks than it is w/386 Mb of memory. 1-256 Mb and 1-128 Mb stick. All memory is identical Micron P133 Cl 2.

My Dell Inspiron 7500 hangs on resume from Standby (alias suspend to RAM) mode if any USB (mouse, hub) device is plugged in. If there is no USB device attached then it will resume but the network will not be accessible. Hibernate (suspend to disk) works fine. This problem has been present since...

I have just upgraded an old P2 64mb RAM W98 system to 98SE. The installation software checked the system, I accepted the system settings backup option in case I need to revert to plain 98, and the installation proceeded normally. On first reboot however, Windows would not load, freezing in a DOS...

I am trying to free up some space on my laptop. Can you tell me what the subject file is and if I need it?

Hi, I have an older Compaq Presario desktop machine. It came with windows 98 on the restore CD that came with it. I also have an OEM (?) windows 98 SE CD disk that came with a locally built computer by a small independent store. It also had other CD s with the drivers for the sound card and video...

I have a IBM 300PL Duracom Pentium Pro(r) 64.0 MB ram with win 95 oem installed. I have a win 98 SE CD but it says for distribution with new PC only. I do have Book and product key but want to make sure I can do this and do it right. Therefore Im here where I know you guys can tell me the right...

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I want to select CYRILLIC in WINDOWS SETUP / MULTILANGUAGE SUPPORT but the corresponded checkbox lacks I have made many installations with the same setup without such problems. Thanks in advance